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About George Turnley
DAR Ancestor #: A117362
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Turnley-89
George Turnley was a well-grown lad of fourteen when the War of the Revolution began. He joined the Continental troops, and was employed in conducting trains of pack-horses, conveying supplies through the wild regions where wheeled vehicles could not pass. He continued as a private through the whole war, and returned to his father’s home in Botetourt County, Virginia, penniless and ragged. The father was a poor man, and the son soon set out for the new country to the west, on the upper tributaries of the Tennessee River. He spent some time among the Indians, and was so pleased with the country, then a part of the territory of North Carolina, that he returned to Virginia, and induced his father to accompany him, and they settled, in 1785, on the French Broad River, thirty miles east of the present city of Knoxville. George Turnley cut logs, and erected a cabin, fifteen by twenty feet, in the edge of the cane-brake, hewed out puncheons for the floors, and rived out boards for roof and doors. In March, 1791, he married Lottie Cunningham, of Shenandoah County, Virginia, who, with her mother and brother, had removed to that country.[4]
George Turnley was buried in the Old Pine Chapel Graveyard in Jefferson, TN.
Birth: Aug. 30, 1762 Bedford County Virginia, USA Death: Sep. 3, 1848 Jefferson County Tennessee, USA
Beloved husband of Charlotte (Lotttie) Cunningham Turley (bio by: Michele Hilgert)
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Parents:
John Turnley (1730 - 1808)
Mary Handy Turnley (1735 - 1829)
Spouse:
Charlotte Cunnyngham Turnley (1770 - 1834)*
Children:
John Cunnyngham Turnley (1792 - 1871)*
Elizabeth Jane Turnley (1794 - 1826)*
Infant Son Turnley (1802 - 1802)*
Matthew Jacob Turnley (1805 - 1889)*
Greenberry Madison Turnley (1810 - 1831)*
Sibling:
George Turnley (1762 - 1848)
Elizabeth Turnley Graham (1764 - 1817)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Age 85
Burial: Pine Chapel Cemetery Jefferson County Tennessee, USA
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Created by: John Lewis Record added: Feb 13, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 48080872 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48080872
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Jefferson County TN Archives Military Records.....Turnley, George
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GEORGE TURNLEY
George Turnley applied for revolutionary pension while living in Jefferson
County, Tenn. He was born in Bedford County. Va., Aug. 30, 1762. He moved with
his father to Botetourt County, Va. and lived there until he was 16 years of
age, when he moved to Henry County, Va. He enlisted while a resident of Henry
County under Capt. John Fountain in June 1780. Col. Patrick Henry was
instrumental in getting up the organization and in giving council and advice but
he did not command. Other officers were Capt. John Clark, Col. Williams and Maj.
John McNeal. George Turnley was discharged at Old Stone on Smith River in
September, 1780. In November he moved to Watauga where an expedition was about
to march against the Cherokees and he enlisted under Capt. David McNabb and Col.
John Sevier. The place of rendezvous was Grassy Cove on Nollichuckey River in
Washington County. Major John McNabb, Capt. Davis and Lieut. Bond were killed on
this expedition. He volunteered again in 1782 on an expedition against the
Cherokees on the Tennessee River, the chief of which was the Chuckamoguh. 300
men were in the expedition. He was discharged in Jonesboro in November 1782. He
served two campaigns against the Cherokee Indians under Col. Parmenas Taylor
after the Revolution. He also served in the War of 1812 against the Creek
Indians in 1813 in Capt. Zacheus Copeland's 2nd Tennessee Militia. Other
officers in this War were Col. William Lillard and General John Cocke. He died
Sept. 3, 1848 in Jefferson County.
NOTE: He married Charlotte Cunnyngham, daughter of James and Arabella Goode
Cunnyngham. Their children were: John, Mary, Elizabeth Jane. James Alexander,
Polly, William Henderson. Rachel, Hugh Lorenzo, Mathew Jacob, who married Miriam
Isbell, George Washington, Greenbury Madison, Andrew Jackson, and Julia Ann.
Additional Comments:
From:
SOME TENNESSEE HEROES
OF THE
REVOLUTION
Compiled From Pension Statements
PAMPHLET NO. I
by Zella Armstrong
File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/jefferson/military/revwar/pensions...
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George Turnley's Timeline
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August 30, 1762
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Bedford County, VA, United States
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1792
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Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
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January 8, 1800
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November 30, 1805
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Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., TN
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1810
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Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
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September 3, 1848
Age 86
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Mt. Pleasant Mansion, Winton Place neighborhood, Jefferson County, TN, United States
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